Another Reddit refugee here,

I think we’re all familiar with the Karma system on Reddit. Do you think Lemmy should have something similar? Because I can see cases for and against it.

For: a way to tracking quality contributions by a user, quantifying reputation. Useful to keep new accounts from spamming communities.

Against: Often not a useful metric, can be botted or otherwise unearned (see u/spez), maybe we should have something else?

What do you all think?

  • HiddenRetro
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    422 years ago

    I am personally indifferent. Never really cared on all my accounts on Reddit.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      212 years ago

      I’ll admit that I had a bit of pride in my 550k+ karma on my main reddit account, but I’m quite open to sacrificing this for less toxicity.

      • kratoz29
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        92 years ago

        Why were you pride about it if you allow me to ask.

        • @Dandroid
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          132 years ago

          No OP but number goes up equals dopamine rush. Same reason I played RuneScape for so long.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          42 years ago

          It was proof that people liked what I had to say, and that I’d been funny and interesting for at least twelve years running.

      • Nano
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        32 years ago

        The sense of pride and accomplishment, as EA would say